James Cogan
While a set of 48 loaded tubs was being drawn up a road rising 4 inches per yard by a main rope the coupling between the fourth and fifth tubs broke, and the set ran back and crushed deceased, who was found in a manhole. A bull bogie runs at the end of the set, and has two horns which drop and catch the ground if it runs back but on this occasion one of the horns caught and displaced a roller, and they did not grip so soon as usual. The couplings are loose, and consist of two end links of 1-inch iron and three smaller intermediate links of 7/8-inch iron, and it was one of the smaller links that gave way at a bad weld. The Local Inspectors reported, "We consider it a pure accident."
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Mines Inspectors Report Entry
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- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 38, Accident Number: 44 Where to find this report
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Page: 38, Accident Number: 44 Where to find this report
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